Wujiaqu is a county-level city in the northern part of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Ürümqi.
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 Wujiaqu (red) in Xinjiang (orange) | |
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| Coordinates: 44°10′01″N 87°32′35″E / 44.167°N 87.543°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Municipal seat | Renmin Road Subdistrict |
| Government | |
| • CCP Secretary | Song Hongli (Political Commissar of the 6th Division) |
| • Mayor | Jing Dawei (Commander of the 6th Division) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 742 km2 (286 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| • Total | 154,400 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard[a]) |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 五家渠 | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | ۋۇجياچۈ | ||||||||||
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Wujiaqu is the headquarter of the 6th Division of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and currently administered by the 6th Division. The city implemented the "division and city integration" (师市合一, shī shì héyī) management system, it shares the same leader group with the 6th Division.
Administrative divisions
Wujiaqu contains 3 subdistricts, 3 towns, and 1 township-equivalent region.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Administrative division code | |
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| Subdistricts | ||||||
| Junken Road Subdistrict | 军垦路街道 | Jūnkěnlù Jiēdào | جۈنكېن يولى كوچا باشقارمىسى | Jünkën yoli kocha bashqarmisi | 659004001 | |
| Qinghu Road Subdistrict | 青湖路街道 | Qīnghúlù Jiēdào | چىڭخۇ يولى كوچا باشقارمىسى | Chingxu yoli kocha bashqarmisi | 659004002 | |
| Renmin Road Subdistrict | 人民路街道 | Rénmínlù Jiēdào | خەلق يولى كوچا باشقارمىسى | Xelq yoli kocha bashqarmisi | 659004003 | |
| Towns | ||||||
| Wutong Town (102nd Regiment Farm)* | 梧桐镇 (一〇二团) | Wútóng Zhèn | ۋۇتۇڭ بازىرى | Wutung baziri | 659004100 | |
| Caijiahu Town (103rd Regiment Farm)* | 蔡家湖镇 (一〇三团) | Càijiāhú Zhèn | سەيجياخۇ بازىرى | Seyjyaxu baziri | 659004101 | |
| Qinghu Town (101st Regiment Farm)* | 青湖镇 (一〇一团) | Qīnghú Zhèn | 659004102 | |||
| township-equivalent region | ||||||
| Wujiaqu Economic and Technological Development Zone | 五家渠经济技术开发区 | Wǔjiāqú Jīngjì Jìshù Kāifāqū | 659004501 | |||
Demographics
As of 2015, 89,695 (96.4%) of the 93,058 residents of the city were Han Chinese, 1,926 (2.1%) were Hui and 1,437 were from other ethnic groups.[2]
Wujiaqu's population is around 96,000 and predominantly Han Chinese according to the 2010 census. There are also Hui and various other minorities.
- Population by ethnicity – 2010 census[3]
| Ethnicity | Population | % |
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| Han | 92,372 | 95.79% |
| Hui | 2,541 | 2.63% |
| Mongols | 319 | 0.33% |
| Kazakhs | 232 | 0.24% |
| Uyghur | 223 | 0.23% |
| Tujia | 167 | 0.17% |
| Manchu | 128 | 0.13% |
| others | 454 | 0.47% |
| Total | 96,436 | 100% |
- Population by ethnicity – 2018 census
Climate
| Climate data for Caijiahu, Wujiaqu, elevation 441 m (1,447 ft), (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −13.3 (8.1) | −7.7 (18.1) | 6.2 (43.2) | 21.2 (70.2) | 27.7 (81.9) | 32.8 (91.0) | 34.3 (93.7) | 33.1 (91.6) | 26.8 (80.2) | 17.0 (62.6) | 3.5 (38.3) | −9.7 (14.5) | 14.3 (57.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −18.8 (−1.8) | −13.8 (7.2) | −0.3 (31.5) | 12.7 (54.9) | 19.3 (66.7) | 24.5 (76.1) | 25.9 (78.6) | 23.9 (75.0) | 17.4 (63.3) | 8.2 (46.8) | −2.4 (27.7) | −14.4 (6.1) | 6.9 (44.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −23.6 (−10.5) | −19.3 (−2.7) | −6.2 (20.8) | 4.9 (40.8) | 11.1 (52.0) | 16.3 (61.3) | 18.0 (64.4) | 15.5 (59.9) | 8.9 (48.0) | 1.1 (34.0) | −7.1 (19.2) | −18.5 (−1.3) | 0.1 (32.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.6 (0.26) | 6.5 (0.26) | 8.0 (0.31) | 17.4 (0.69) | 16.2 (0.64) | 17.4 (0.69) | 19.7 (0.78) | 14.5 (0.57) | 9.8 (0.39) | 11.6 (0.46) | 12.1 (0.48) | 10.2 (0.40) | 150 (5.93) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.8 | 6.6 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 8.1 | 68.2 |
| Average snowy days | 15.9 | 13.5 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 15.1 | 57.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 80 | 81 | 71 | 46 | 41 | 44 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 59 | 77 | 83 | 61 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 111.7 | 143.9 | 226.2 | 271.5 | 312.5 | 312.6 | 315.4 | 313.2 | 282.1 | 241.7 | 148.2 | 93.5 | 2,772.5 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 38 | 48 | 60 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 74 | 77 | 73 | 52 | 34 | 61 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||
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